market garden

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See also: market-garden

English

Noun

market garden (plural market gardens)

  1. (chiefly UK) A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.
    • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5
      Descending a narrow tree-lined lane the carriage passed into a leisurely winding road, bounded by market-gardens and the River Val.

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  • pleasure ground (section of a large garden not intended for edible plants)
  • vegetable garden (garden or section of garden for edible plants intended for personal or household use)
  • orchard (farm, garden, or section of garden for trees bearing edible fruit)
  • truck farm (chiefly US, a large market garden or small farm)

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